Thank you, Madam Chair.
Just to provide context for this subamendment, again, we heard from a number of witnesses that greater independence is needed so that this program is carried out in a similar manner regardless of which government is in power or which party is in power. In addition to that, there would be greater transparency and greater accountability.
These all seem like fairly common-sense principles that we would want: independence, transparency and accountability. It's just calling for those things around the way this program is overseen or administered, in order to make sure it's not partisan and that the government isn't interfering in terms of the types of cases that are selected for funding.